Let’s create a new story together! Use color, pattern, and line to express your personality on a paper feather. We’ll be creating a mural of wings and then use it for fun photo ops! All materials will be provided.

This class makes you move slower and increases focus and self awareness, tuning in on a deeper level. I’m happy to help you adapt your practice for YOUR body. Flexibility NOT REQUIRED and I LOVE beginners. 

You must bring a mat, two blocks, a strap, a blanket, and water bottle.

This is a beginner class! If you’re hesitant to try yoga due to inflexibility, being out of shape, structural limitations, not knowing the poses or vocabulary, or just afraid of doing it wrong, this class is perfect for you!
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We will take it one pose at a time and workshop it, making sure you feel comfortable and know how to support your body with props for maximum benefit.

You must bring a mat, two blocks, a strap, a blanket, and water bottle.

Mini pizzas and sliders!


* Space in the Food Lab is limited to 9 participants. First come, first served.

A conceptual small business marketplace connecting the dots between fashion, music, art, creators and makers and the tastemakers who encourage the culture and help move it forward. What can be FOUND @originalmarkets?

• Vintage + Upcycled Clothing
• Streetwear
• Artisanal + Handmade goods
• Home goods
• Jewelry, art, and more

A beginner's class designed to help you get started with choreographed dancing (inspired by Street and Club styles)

Chinese children’s books for free borrowing and Chinese story time.

TELL A STORY, CHANGE THE WORLD.

Liars & Believers brings you an epic quest! In an original fable, the heroine Maya journeys to the Mad Mountain to save her village from the looming Dark Cloud. Will she save her village of storytellers?

Live music, puppets and masks bring this original fable to life. Pay what you can.
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Let’s create a new story together! Use color, pattern, and line to express your personality on a paper feather. We’ll be creating a mural of wings and then use it for fun photo ops! All materials will be provided.

Come join dance educator Libby for an introductory ballet-based movement class! Whether you've never taken a dance class in your life or you're an avid mover, come join for a great workout.

This workshop class combines the ballet basics with functional fitness in an energetic and informational environment.

No dance experience needed! Please wear clothing you are comfortable moving in and socks, barefoot, or dance shoes (no street shoes please!). Learn more about Libby's teaching here.

We'll have cutouts of all sorts of wonderful creatures that need your imagination and creativity to bring them to life. While decorating your new friend, you can dream up stories about their life and adventures!

Join us in the Community Hall for a variety of vendor and maker tables. Some vendors will have their products for sale and others will use the opportunity to share with the community what their work in our maker spaces has led to.

You're invited! Come explore creative movement at our "birthday party" where we will play games, eat cake, and share in the fun of creating. You can expect a sneak preview of The Click's newest work "Edge of Aquarius," to join in the creative process of the work through movement generative activities and spark your own conversations about the processes of celebration. No dance or movement experience is necessary and this workshop is open to all ages and abilities.

* Register here!

TELL A STORY, CHANGE THE WORLD.

Liars & Believers brings you an epic quest! In an original fable, the heroine Maya journeys to the Mad Mountain to save her village from the looming Dark Cloud. Will she save her village of storytellers?

Live music, puppets and masks bring this original fable to life. Pay what you can.
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The Zentangle© Method is a meditative drawing practice invented in Massachusetts, as an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns in simple steps. No art or creative experience is necessary. This 1 hour workshop is being taught in a unique voice-guided format to cultivate a remarkable drawing class experience…like yoga for your brain! Participants will leave with a small drawn tile to admire as a “snapshot” of the Zentangle experience. Ages 10 - Adult

This workshop is all about celebrating someone we love! The goal of this workshop is to engage even the little ones in creativity, appreciation, and goodwill. Geared towards ages 5-8, kids will choose a special friend or relative whom they cherish enough to create a shared necklace for, and a card to match. Fashioned in the style of a traditional “BFF” necklace, with a fundamental Lego twist, this workshop uses basic hand / fine motor skills to create a unique fashion accessory that splits into 2, designed to be worn individually when the parties are apart and that forms a heart when snapped together.

Participants will create a coordinating card with a message about how “they just click” for presenting their gifts and will jazz up their necklaces with a few extra lego bricks.  This 1 hour workshop has plenty of time for fashion decisions , color choices, and card-making sticker fun. Led by Deanna Nagle, veteran creator, practicing visual artist, and unapologetic Lego-addict.

First hour is RUEDA: Boston Rueda classes teach and share the joy of the Cuban dance of Rueda de Casino (Rueda). Rueda is a dynamic dance involving the changing of partners while dancing to Cuban and other salsa music. We have created and grown a diverse and inclusive community that welcomes everyone to join us in dance.

Second hour is SUELTA SHINES: The Suelta Shines class is a fun way to work on your footwork, body isolations and musicality. You will learn and drill a short choreo using a mix of son, casino, rumba, and reggaeton moves. It's a dance workout for all levels.

Let’s create a new story together! Use color, pattern, and line to express your personality on a paper feather. We’ll be creating a mural of wings and then use it for fun photo ops! All materials will be provided.

Using recycled canvases to make vision/mood boards, affirmation pieces, or a feel good art piece!

Make a reflective and fluorescent button that will help you Be SEEN & Be SAFE in the streets! You’ll work with reflective vinyl that glows in car headlights at night as you walk or ride your bike. And bright fluorescent colors help you be seen during the day. You can pin your button onto anything! For ages 8 and up.

Kirkos is Circus Up’s spectacular youth community troupe! Founded in 2020, Kirkos performs bold and uplifting shows in the greater Boston area. In the tradition of "social circus," these youth circus artists demonstrate what's possible when we stay curious about each other's differences and leverage each other's unique strengths. Kirkos team members address social issues while crafting collaborative circus acts that surprise, baffle, and delight.

You can find Kirkos performing for local organizations and at a variety of community events. Book them if you want to celebrate what it looks like for youth to courageously learn, play, and create together. 

Kirkos is Circus Up’s spectacular youth community troupe! Founded in 2020, Kirkos performs bold and uplifting shows in the greater Boston area. In the tradition of "social circus," these youth circus artists demonstrate what's possible when we stay curious about each other's differences and leverage each other's unique strengths. Kirkos team members address social issues while crafting collaborative circus acts that surprise, baffle, and delight.

You can find Kirkos performing for local organizations and at a variety of community events. Book them if you want to celebrate what it looks like for youth to courageously learn, play, and create together. 

In this hour-long class, you will get a great cardio warm-up through African dance movements and be guided through a series of stretches and strength-building exercises. Class will finish with a combination for all to learn and dance together.Dancers of all backgrounds and experience levels are welcome!

* Register here

Join the WhistlePig Morris Dancers for an interactive movement workshop featuring sticks, bells, and your curiosity! You'll see a demonstration of what morris dancing is, see the performers throw sticks at each other, and maybe even take part in the fun yourself. Wear comfy clothes and dancing shoes (sneakers are great!) to learn about one of the oldest forms of dance still in practice. All ages welcome.

Join Darren for Zumba, a fitness activity in which dance exercises are performed to Latin American and other kinds of lively music. Open to everyone ages 14 and up of all dance levels. Darren has been teaching Zumba and Dance Fitness since 2015.

Let’s create a new story together! Use color, pattern, and line to express your personality on a paper feather. We’ll be creating a mural of wings and then use it for fun photo ops! All materials will be provided.

Stop by a buy a box!

You are welcome to drop in and experience JAE company dancers in the rehearsal process with Jean Appolon. Jean Appolon explores themes that are vital to the Haitian and Haitian-American experience as he continuously evolves Haitian-contemporary dance. His movement has deep roots in Haitian folkloric dance that enable it to grow as Jean collaborates with the JAE company professional dancers and other artists in the fields of music, visual art, and more.

TELL A STORY, CHANGE THE WORLD.

Liars & Believers brings you an epic quest! In an original fable, the heroine Maya journeys to the Mad Mountain to save her village from the looming Dark Cloud. Will she save her village of storytellers?

Live music, puppets and masks bring this original fable to life. Pay what you can.
‍
Get Tickets!

Join us for puppet making! Drop by our Community Hall after the Liars and Believers’ performance of A Story Beyond for an art making activity inspired by the show. We are excited to host puppeteers of all ages in making and performing with paper bag puppets. All materials are provided, all you need to bring is your imagination!

Design and sew your own tote bag!

* Space is limited to 5 participants. First come, first served, as only five sewing machines are available.

Join "Scottish girl in America" Iona MacGowan for a Scottish cooking demo at The Foundry. Iona moved to Cambridge from Aberdeen, Scotland in 2020 and documents her life here, cultural differences, food and fun things to do on her popular Instagram feed.

* Space in the Food Lab is limited to 9 participants. First come, first served.

Learn about storytelling through art. Take a look at some examples of Narrative art of famous artists before creating one of your own. All materials provided.

Let’s create a new story together! Use color, pattern, and line to express your personality on a paper feather. We’ll be creating a mural of wings and then use it for fun photo ops! All materials will be provided.

You are welcome to drop in and experience JAE company dancers in the rehearsal process with Jean Appolon. Jean Appolon explores themes that are vital to the Haitian and Haitian-American experience as he continuously evolves Haitian-contemporary dance. His movement has deep roots in Haitian folkloric dance that enable it to grow as Jean collaborates with the JAE company professional dancers and other artists in the fields of music, visual art, and more.

TELL A STORY, CHANGE THE WORLD.

Liars & Believers brings you an epic quest! In an original fable, the heroine Maya journeys to the Mad Mountain to save her village from the looming Dark Cloud. Will she save her village of storytellers?

Live music, puppets and masks bring this original fable to life. Pay what you can.
‍
Get Tickets!

Join us for puppet making! Drop by our Community Hall after the Liars and Believers’ performance of A Story Beyond for an art making activity inspired by the show. We are excited to host puppeteers of all ages in making and performing with paper bag puppets. All materials are provided, all you need to bring is your imagination!

Interested in dipping your toes into professional video production? Come learn how to use the basic functions of Cambridge Community Television's professional video cameras! The workshop will be hands-on and beginner friendly!
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* Space in is limited to 8 participants. First come, first served.

Do you ever feel like you have a great joke to tell but no one to tell it to? A happy memory to share? Or perhaps you just need a place to openly speak what's on your mind? Whatever it may be... the CCTV Podcast is all ears, and we would love to hear your voice!

Bring a friend, or just yourself, and have a chance to create a 1 to 30 minute podcast, all courtesy of CCTV.

Gongfucha (工夫茶) means "tea with time and effort," and is a Chinese style of brewing and serving tea that developed in southern China during the Song dynasty, around one thousand years ago, and has since migrated and evolved. This class will give a brief overview of the history of gongfucha, common materials used for the teaware, and the values it promotes in making and serving tea. Mainly, the class will be a hands-on, practical experience for learning how to use a gaiwan, gongdaobei, and small tasting cups, to taste through all the layers of a tea from start to finish. Participants will each have their own gongfu brewing set to play with, but will share water kettles in groups of 2-3 and taste each other's teas - so bring a friend or two to brew some tea together!

* Register here

“Exhale with The Click” is a mindful movement series taught by Lonnie Stanton, Kristin Wagner and Angelina Benitez designed for all bodies and movers. Pulling from our collective experiences as somatic practitioners and contemporary dancers, the class will offer rest for the mind, release for the body, and an opportunity to connect the two through a combination of guided improvisations, center technique combinations, and community-built micro-choreographies.

* Register here

Come and screen your work! A great and safe opportunity to get constructive feedback on your media project. Be it a documentary, trailer, short film, comedy sketch, experimental video, TikTok, or whatever!

Submissions must be 7 minutes or less (can be a portion of a project). RSVP and send a link to the work you'd like to screen to peter@cctvcambridge.org. You can also attend and be an encouraging audience member if you have nothing to screen.

Join JAE Company Member, Velouse Joseph, for a special Haitian Folkloric Dance class at The Foundry on Wednesday, February 22nd from 7pm to 8pm. Class will begin with a cardio warm-up and then progress through movements in several different rhythms from Haitian Folklore. This hour-long class will be paired with recorded music. Class is open to all ages and levels of dance experience. Come to connect and move your body!

* Register here

Let’s create a new story together! Use color, pattern, and line to express your personality on a paper feather. We’ll be creating a mural of wings and then use it for fun photo ops! All materials will be provided.

Everyone loves toys! At Lemelson-MIT’s hands-on workshop, children will have the opportunity to design and invent a simple toy and write a short story about their toy and its user.

Students of the Dessalines STEAM Academy will present what they have been learning in Physics. They will demonstrate simple machines and their uses and show a Rube Goldberg Machine they designed. They will walk participants through the process of building their own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Session 1: 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Session 2: 3:00 - 4:30 pm

Located at The Foundry, Jukebox is a public art piece that plays community stories. Learn more about the project, chat with Jukebox creator Elisa Hamilton, and schedule a recording session to record your own story for the jukebox! Just want to make something? Grab a story card mini-deck and create a simple accordion book inspired by story card prompts.

Let’s come together to exchange supportive, nourishing touch, weaving a community of care.

2:00 pm: Centering, arriving in our bodies individually.
2:20 pm: Opening Circle, Exploration of communication tools around consent & touch
2:40pm: Partner practices

Come by yourself or bring a buddy. Container closes at 2:15pm. (please arrive earlier)

Students of the Dessalines STEAM Academy will present what they have been learning in Physics. They will demonstrate simple machines and their uses and show a Rube Goldberg Machine they designed. They will walk participants through the process of building their own Rube Goldberg Machine.

Session 1: 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Session 2: 3:00 - 4:30 pm

This class is canceled, but we're hosting another Friday, February 24 from 5-8 pm and Saturday, February 25 from 12-3 pm!

Tacos and brownies!

* Space in the Food Lab is limited to 9 participants. First come, first served.

Boston Rueda classes teach and share the joy of dancing Cuban Rueda de Casino, which is a group dance involving the changing of partners while dancing to Cuban and other salsa music.

6:00 - 6:50 pm - Levels 1+2
7:00 - 7:50 pm - Level 3

$15 drop-in, $50 for a full four-week session.

This dance class aims to have every individual feel comfortable with their own choices within the moves given (and also aims to have fun with being silly in a judgement free space!) An open movement phrase will be taught after a full body warm up and improvisation exercise. All levels of dance experience are welcome. Learn more here.

TELL A STORY, CHANGE THE WORLD.

Liars & Believers brings you an epic quest! In an original fable, the heroine Maya journeys to the Mad Mountain to save her village from the looming Dark Cloud. Will she save her village of storytellers?

Live music, puppets and masks bring this original fable to life. Pay what you can.
‍
Get Tickets!

Join Liars & Believers post show for an engaging panel on the power of storytelling.

Panelists:
• Allegra Goodman – novelist
• Kevin Dorst – philosopher
• U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo – poet and storyteller
• Elisa Hamilton – creator of the Jukebox at The Foundry

Let’s create a new story together! Use color, pattern, and line to express your personality on a paper feather. We’ll be creating a mural of wings and then use it for fun photo ops! All materials will be provided.

This workshop will teach the basics of beaded jewelry making and the difference between semi-precious stone and precious stones. The goal of Bead Therapy is to create a safe space for self-expression to create a piece of art that represents the emotions of the creator.

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This workshop will teach the basics of beaded jewelry making and the difference between semi-precious stone and precious stones. The goal of Bead Therapy is to create a safe space for self-expression to create a piece of art that represents the emotions of the creator.

ZMakesBeads store

"Floorwork Flow" is a low impact exploration of modern/contemporary-based floor movement with an emphasis on smooth transitions, weight transfer and upper body strength. Dancers will enjoy an ooey-gooey warm up and introduction to various floor work skills, followed by a choreographed combo. Modifications will be provided to make the class accessible to dancers of all experience levels. Check out OnStage.

Grilled cheeses and cookies!

* Space in the Food Lab is limited to 9 participants. First come, first served.

Barralates (Barre-Pilates) is a technique with a very complete and structured class that can work your whole body in less than an hour. It is a combination of cardio, dance, pilates and key ballet-barre positions that help tone the body, increase flexibility, improve endurance, have lasting energy and help achieve the best figure. You use your own weight to gain results and build resistance. We'll workout and dance to latin-music!

TELL A STORY, CHANGE THE WORLD.

Liars & Believers brings you an epic quest! In an original fable, the heroine Maya journeys to the Mad Mountain to save her village from the looming Dark Cloud. Will she save her village of storytellers?

Live music, puppets and masks bring this original fable to life. Pay what you can.
‍
Get Tickets!

Join us in the Community Hall for a variety of vendor and maker tables. Some vendors will have their products for sale and others will use the opportunity to share with the community what their work in our maker spaces has led to.

Join us for a unique chance to hear stories told in English and Japanese. The Japan Society of Boston will be reading picture books for ages 3-6 written or translated in Japanese and English.

A class designed to help you get started with choreographed dancing (inspired by Street and Club styles)

11:30 - 12:30 Beginner class
12:30 - 2:00 Intermediate/advanced class
2:00 - 2:30 Open dance

Salad and Mac n' Cheese!

* Space in the Food Lab is limited to 9 participants. First come, first served.

Come and join Zhonghe (Elena) Li to create your own Chinese papercuts. You can choose to cut a rabbit, a squirrel, a chipmunk, a cardinal, a fish or a frog and many more...  or fish, and many more!

You can also learn how to fold paper and cut your own free designs! Elena will show you the basic techniques and how to use papercuts to tell your own stories. This event is open to all ages.

TELL A STORY, CHANGE THE WORLD.

Liars & Believers brings you an epic quest! In an original fable, the heroine Maya journeys to the Mad Mountain to save her village from the looming Dark Cloud. Will she save her village of storytellers?

Live music, puppets and masks bring this original fable to life. Pay what you can.
‍
Get Tickets!

Storytelling and story reading for kids in multiple Indian languages.

Stories in Bengali and Hindi will be read to kids by adults spanning multiple generations. These are timeless stories that capture the rich imagery and culture of our native land.

A clothing selling and swapping event focused on lowering the impact of fast fashion.

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Chinese children’s books for free borrowing and Chinese story time.

Gongfucha (工夫茶) means "tea with time and effort," and is a Chinese style of brewing and serving tea that developed in southern China during the Song dynasty, around one thousand years ago, and has since migrated and evolved. This class will give a brief overview of the history of gongfucha, common materials used for the teaware, and the values it promotes in making and serving tea. Mainly, the class will be a hands-on, practical experience for learning how to use a gaiwan, gongdaobei, and small tasting cups, to taste through all the layers of a tea from start to finish. Participants will each have their own gongfu brewing set to play with, but will share water kettles in groups of 2-3 and taste each other's teas - so bring a friend or two to brew some tea together!

* Register here

Auditions for The Monastery by Samuel Achilles Edwards. A staged reading of a new play by Samuel Achilles Edwards. A community of trans monks and nuns navigates change in a medieval inspired world. New members of the order bring in fresh ideas, and now the residents must rethink their traditions and their relationships to one another. The Monastery explores themes of community, growth, and what it means to belong.

TELL A STORY, CHANGE THE WORLD.

Liars & Believers brings you an epic quest! In an original fable, the heroine Maya journeys to the Mad Mountain to save her village from the looming Dark Cloud. Will she save her village of storytellers?

Live music, puppets and masks bring this original fable to life. Pay what you can.
‍
Get Tickets!